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Full-Text Articles in Education
Rhode Island Teachers Ahead Of The Crowd, Chester Smolski
Rhode Island Teachers Ahead Of The Crowd, Chester Smolski
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"For teachers this is the time to enjoy the summer break to travel, stay home with their own children or just take a vacation. But for the majority there is something called professional development. Summer is the usual time when teachers go back to school to hone their skills, learn more about their subject area, work for advanced degrees or pick up some new practices for that high tech equipment sitting in the classroom. Like may other professionals who want to advance their careers and keep up with new ideas and practices, teachers also take courses during the school year …
Helping Teachers Help Students Enjoy Geography, Chester Smolski, Anne K. Petry
Helping Teachers Help Students Enjoy Geography, Chester Smolski, Anne K. Petry
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"The concern to improve the education of your young people, whether at the national, state or local levels, is manifesting itself in a variety of ways. One of these is the national program sponsored by the National Geographic Society.
Turned On Teachers Help Students Tune In To Geography, Chester Smolski
Turned On Teachers Help Students Tune In To Geography, Chester Smolski
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"If you hear your youngster just home from school talking about some local issues related to transportation, land use, natural resources, air quality, water pollution, zoning, population growth or economic development, you can bet that she has been turned on by her geography teacher."
Is Geography In R.I. Going Down The Drain?, Ann K. Petry
Is Geography In R.I. Going Down The Drain?, Ann K. Petry
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"Global Village. World understanding. Political Alliances. Trade agreements. Global warming. Cultural differences. Population growth. Refugees and migration. Declining resources. Environmental degradation. It's a big world and it requires study to address these issues, but here in Rhode Island the one school that turns out the most teachers is dropping the subject that specifically speaks to all these problems--geography."
Geographically, R.I. Teachers Are Among The Best, Chester Smolski
Geographically, R.I. Teachers Are Among The Best, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"Isn't it time that we recognize the good teachers and good work being done in the schools of this state rather than constantly harping on problems with education and how our students don't measure up to those in other countries?"
Bringing Geography To Life!, Chester Smolski
Bringing Geography To Life!, Chester Smolski
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"When Gil Grosvenor, president of the National Geographic Society, called a meeting of Kit Salter and other geographers from California nearly a decade ago, he had no idea that the discussion would have a profound impact on the teaching of geography in the nation's schools."
Attacking Geographic Illiteracy, Chester Smolski
Attacking Geographic Illiteracy, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"It has been clearly demonstrated through numerous surveys that US residents are among the most geographically illiterate people in the world. Whether trying to locate our own country or the Soviet Union on a world map, we score among the lowest of the major industrial nations of the world in such a simple exercise. But the future looks brighter, both in the nation and in Rhode Island, thanks to the efforts of the National Geographic Society.
How To Keep Teachers In R.I., Chester Smolski
How To Keep Teachers In R.I., Chester Smolski
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"Should Providence city employees be forced to live in the city? The Home Rule Charter, adopted five years ago, requires them to do so. The executive secretary of the Providence Teachers' Union states that this requirement should not apply to teachers. But, is dropping the residency requirement the answer to the problem of finding adequate numbers of substitute and full-time teachers?"
Residency And The Charter, Chester Smolski
Residency And The Charter, Chester Smolski
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"When Providence voters approved a home rule charter in 1980, they took a major step forward in choosing their own destiny, rather than relying on the General Assembly to approve many of their actions. To implement the resulting changes, the date for full compliance of the charter was set at 1983. And since that time, newly hired city workers are required to live in Providence."